Karen Archey wonders why creative workers get a pass to be assholes. In a fictitious conversation she uses the term “Rain Man of Criticism” to describe one unnamed asshole people feel compelled to work with. May we never meet this person. [e-flux conversations]

Arts critics are suffering from increasingly strained relationships with the institutions they cover. Opera Australia has removed two critics from their comp list, including one from The Sydney Morning Herald after having received negative reviews. And Theatre Critic Joanne Kaufman from the Wall Street Journal was blacklisted by a press agent from receiving free tickets to show, after she admitted to bolting from certain shows at intermission. This podcast focuses on Denver’s Colorado Public Radio which announced last year it that it will no longer carry broadcasts of the Colorado Symphony. Apparently the main reason for this was editorial—the symphony wanted a lot more positive coverage on the radio. [WQXR via: Hyperallergic]

Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University senior who has become nationally known for her performance “Carry That Weight,” will be attending Tuesday’s State of the Union address. She was invited by New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand who supports the bipartisan Campus Accountability and Safety Act. [Jezebel]

This “Anime Tongue Tattoos” photo spread looks like a DIS photo shoot, but less weird. Very Internet-y, very Miley, and very many blue wigs. Pretty much, this photo spread crushes anything that once was alt into a pretty, plastic-coated display. [VICE]

A dictionary of Harlem Renaissance slang circa 1938. Some terms still stick with us, like “hep cat” and “jive”; others, like “barbecue” (which means girlfriend), have gone the way of slang like “eat my shorts.” [Open Culture]

99% Invisible, a podcast about design, architecture and invisible activity has a great segment on chairs called “On the Edge of Your Seat.” These things are more dangerous than you think—silent killers! For those in the office today, use the posture tips. [99% Invisible]

“Civil rights” and “Martin Luther King Day” now brings up an American flag emoji for Chinese chat users, which is offensive. [The Verge]

This weekend, Twitter raged over an investigative article that wondered why a documentary film on Jeff Koons wasn’t included in the artist’s Whitney retrospective. It wasn’t even included in the gift shop! Let’s face it: this is a non-issue. Museums do not usually include documentaries as part of their visual arts programming. [The Art Newspaper]

Rhizome is in London. Even if you’re not there to attend their off-site programs, the lectures are online. Some lectures have been transcribed for your reading pleasure! Whee! I’m listening to the selfie panel with Amalia Ulman this morning. —Corinna [Rhizome]

Stop venting on Facebook; go to e-flux. This week the non-profit launched “e-flux conversations,” a moderated message board addressing topical issues. So far the best discussion has been Karen Archey on “top female curator” lists. [e-flux]

We might never know what killed Joan Rivers because her daughter has refused an autopsy. Now get back to work. [Gawker]

Solange is throwing an art party during Prospect.3. Bey’s little sis recently relocated to New Orleans. [NOLA]

Painter Wolfgang Hutter died on September 26th. We’re just finding this out now, says artnet News, because he didn’t want the news to be publicized. Maybe he’d read articles like this one. (Also wow these are cool.)

According to the National Report, Graffiti artist Banksy has been arrested in London, revealing the artist’s allusive identity. He is 35-year-old Paul Horner. Several news sites subsequently reported that that story is bogus, and National Report is a site made up of entirely fake news. [Glasstire]

What a really weird interview with Gerhard Richter. Questions include: How does doing drugs affect artistic quality? When did organized religion crumble and why do humans need art as a replacement? Are you depressed that artists now—even you, whom many consider to be the greatest living painter—can’t paint like Titian? [The Wall Street Journal]

Of all the responses in Karen Archey and Robin Peckham’s Art Post-Internet catalogue questionnaire about the term, my favorite comes from Christiane Paul, who corrects the idea that Marisa Olson coined “Post-Internet.” Josephine Berry Slater talked about post-internet art two years earlier in 2003 during her introduction at a symposium at Tate. Paul also refutes the idea that the term will have any longevity. Post-Medium says the same thing, but with less confusion. [Art F City]

Apparently, exercise makes you live longer. Who knew? This article describes the importance of one’s “fitness age,” which, unlike your chronological age, can be lowered. [The New York Times]

A profile on Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, a performance artist whose film “Hermitos Children 2” includes a scene in which a man has his penis strung up in a noose by a boatload of women. The scene was improvised. [Time Out]

We’re getting excited about the Pratt Upload conference! Alex Teplitzky is DJing the Art F City-sponsored after party at the Emerson this Saturday. Here’s the soundcloud preview he made for the party. [Nabocough]

The greatest hoodie ever made costs $89.00. Sales are through the roof, thanks to a Slate article. [Business Insider]

Skate’s Reports has produced a London auction preview for ARTnews. At what point does Sergey Skaterschikov’s investments compete with one another? Redline, the Russian company with a stake in artnet that Skate’s is advising, seemingly competes with Artnews, which owned by Skate’s Capital. Skate’s Capital also owns a stake in Paddle8 that seemingly competes with artnet. Is the point to assemble one giant conglomerate? [ARTnews]

Eight-year-old nails the Patrick Swayze half of the Dirty Dancing finale. We are led to believe that this is entirely learned from watching the movie a handful of times, which seems impossible. Somebody enroll the boy in a dance class. [Gawker]

A British parrot went missing for four years and returned speaking Spanish. [The Daily Breeze]

Those in search of a definitive text on post-internet artmaking now have a source book to download. Curators Karen Archey and Robin Peckham have released Art Post-Internet, a catalogue to accompany their show Art Post-Internet at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing China. More than that, it’s full of primary source research and information about post-internet art from dozens of critics, curators and museum professionals. These include Christiane Paul, Ben Davis, Domenico Quaranta and myself to name a few. Each catalog receives its own unique unique download number, as well as a weather report for the day and place where it was downloaded.

The art world may soon see the end of techno-utopianism. At least, that’s the impression I got from an afternoon of well-attended panels at Pratt’s PHATT-B digital arts fest on Saturday. Net art savants tended to express optimism about sharing and expression– but often, couched in a more realistic understanding of the Internet’s industrial and social fallout.

No more indoor screenings; this week, we are very busy and important people. Chelsea’s bringing the mega-openings. Prolific emerging artists are everywhere, and Transfer Gallery is back in action. And all through fashion week, the PowerSuit Boutique is making PowerSuits for all of us.

By now, we have a fairly good handle on New York art stars, but we hear less about the people who love them. In two years of writing for AFC, I’ve owed my art-viewing as much to artists as I have to devoted curators, gallerists, and writers working diligently behind the scenes, knee-deep with the rest of us.

Who are these unsung heroes of the art world? I asked leaders of various emerging art communities for their recommendations, and gathered a series of interviews. Today, the Best of Us for the Rest of Us begins with critic and curator Karen Archey.